Mine recovery uplifts villages

Here, at the confluence of the two villages, which a couple of years ago tussled over the naming of the African Copper holding, lies a copper mine - Mowana mine. I stand here at the gate that leads to the dirty-green heaps of soil and rocks from under the earth.

Not only that, it is a gate that opens to the hopes of many people in these villages - both miners and those who do not directly work for the mine. As production sales recover, smiles are returning to the faces of many of these people, whose humble surroundings, have not broken the close ties they enjoy. Economic recovery has nourished the financial side of things.